All eyes are on Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium in Jeddah, where the summit of the fifth round of the Saudi Professional League, which brings together leaders Al-Ittihad and its counterpart Al-Hilal, is in a major Saudi Clasico.
Today, Friday, four matches will be held, at the top of which will be the confrontation of Al-Ittihad and Al-Hilal, provided that Al-Fayhaa will meet its guest, Al-Raed in Al-Majma’a, while Al-Ta’i will host its counterpart, Abha, and Riyadh will face Al-Okhdood.
The Saudi League enters the first stoppage period this season after the end of the fifth round matches on Saturday, as the Saudi national team is holding a training camp in Newcastle City during the next international break, which extends until September 12th.
Al-Ittihad is testing its lead with a strong, heavy-caliber confrontation against Al-Hilal, which has begun to improve its levels in an upward manner and is getting closer to the front.
Al-Ittihad managed to score a perfect start in the journey to preserve its title, after achieving four victories and reaching the full mark of 12 points, with a clean sheet that did not witness receiving any goal, despite the apparent deficiency in the defense line.
The team led by Portuguese Nuno Santo has not reached the final form of the team that will compete in the season’s competitions, as the team is working to settle more than one deal during the current summer transfer period, especially on the defensive side.
Karim Benzema will miss El Clasico due to injury (Al-Ittihad Club)
Al-Ittihad and Al-Hilal met at the beginning of the current season in the quarter-finals of the King Salman Cup for Arab Clubs, a confrontation that witnessed the participation of Kante and Benzema, but the Brazilian Fabinho was not on the team’s list at the time, and it ended with the victory of the Blue Capital, 3-1.
As for Al-Hilal, who began an upward journey towards collecting points and approaching the leading teams, he is looking forward to repeating his superiority over “Al-Ittihad” and extracting valuable points outside his land that will make his task more difficult even in the absence of Benzema and the incomplete ranks of Al-Ittihad.
Al-Hilal will regain the services of its Serbian star, Savic, who was absent from the last agreement match, due to his suspension, for obtaining a red card against Al-Raed.
Al-Hilal is still awaiting the start of the participation of its Brazilian star, Neymar, who joined its ranks this summer, but is subject to a rehabilitation program before starting his participation with the team, and the closest thing is that he will be outside the accounts of Portuguese coach Jesus Al-Hilal, but his presence may be on the bench.
Al-Azraq Al-Asmi revived with the gradual return of a number of its players, after Salman Al-Faraj, the captain of the team, participated in the last Al-Ittifaq match after a long absence, and Abdul-Ilah Al-Maliki participated in group training, as well as the new member of the team, Hassan Timbukti.
Hamdallah, Jota, Kanti and Coronado in Al-Ittihad training (Al-Ittihad Club)
Al-Hilal has great attacking cards compared to its Al-Ittihad counterpart, as it relies on Serbian Mitrovic and Brazilian duo Malcolm and Michael, in addition to Salem Al-Dosari a lot, to score the first goals against the Brazilian Grohe, Al-Ittihad goalkeeper this season.
In the city of Majmaah, the Al-Fayhaa team seeks to restore its technical recovery when it hosts its counterpart Al-Raed team, after it received its first loss this season against Abha in the last round, so that its victories and its point balance also stopped at five points.
Al-Fayhaa team achieved a perfect start in the league, after winning against Al-Khaleej and tied with Al-Hilal and Al-Hazm, but lost against Abha, and is trying to return to collect points, but it will collide with Al-Raed, who rebounded with its first victory this season in the last round.
Al-Raed achieved a valuable victory at the expense of the Riyadh team, with a clean triple, whose star was Moroccan Mohamed Fouzir, with “two goals” in addition to the Algerian Amir Saoud, and Al-Raed looks forward to continuing his launch and achieving the second victory.
And at the stadium of Prince Abdul Aziz bin Musaed Sports City in Hail, the Al-Taie team is looking forward to stopping its sorrows and spot bleeding when it receives the Abha team, in a confrontation with which it seeks to return to the avenue of victories that it missed in the past three rounds.
A side of Al-Raed Club training (Al-Raed Club)
Al-Taei defeated Damak in the first round, but lost in three matches in a row, and he will miss the services of the defense rhythm officer, Semedo, who was expelled with a red card against Al-Ahly in the last round.
Abha seeks to take advantage of the moral euphoria that appeared after the last victory to continue winning and return with match points despite the difficulty of the mission away from home and in the absence of its star Saad Baqir and Fahd Al-Jamiya after suffering various injuries, and Abha has six points that came from two victories achieved by the team.
And at Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium in the capital, Riyadh, the owner of the land will host the Riyadh team, its counterpart, Al-Okhdood, in a confrontation that brings together the newly promoted this season, as Al-Okhdood is looking forward to achieving its first victory this season and moving away from the last place in the standings, while Riyadh is trying to regain points after losing. in the last two rounds.
2023-08-31 23:02:11
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